Open Access Library Journal 2020, Volume 7, e6401 ISSN Online: 2333-9721 ISSN Print: 2333-9705 DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1106401 Jun. 11, 2020 1 Open Access Library Journal Prevalence of Canine Babesiosis in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State Moses Ojonugwa Oguche * , Israel Joshua Barde, Mayowa Peter Olabode, Waziri Ibrahim Anjili, Victor Haruna, Daniel Apeh, Samson Mark, Joshua Bako Mafulul, Khalin Suleiman Wujat National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria Abstract A study on the prevalence of canine babesiosis was carried out at Jos south Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria, between May and June 2019. Giemsa stained blood smears of 150 dogs revealed that 20 (13.33%) of the dogs were positive with Babesia canis. Among these, 63 (42.00%) were puppies aged less than 6 months, and 87 (58.00%) are adult dogs aged 9 months and above infected by the parasite. However, the age is found signifi- cantly correlated with Babesia canis as all the positives are in adults. P-value is 0.01 (<0.01). Linear regression revealed that age is able to explain 26.9% of the variation observed in the lab results (prevalence of Babesia canis) at P-value of <0.01. In bitches the infection rate was higher (8.00%) than male dogs (5.33%) and statistically not significant association (p > 0.05) was ob- served. The parasite was encountered in 13 (8.67%) out of 60 local breeds and 7 (4.67%) out of 90 exotic breeds. The breed-related prevalence rates were al- so not significantly different (p > 0.05). Babesia canis was the only specie identified in the study area. The public health implications of the findings are discussed. Subject Areas Parasitology, Veterinary Medicine, Zoology Keywords Prevalence, Canine Babesiosis, Jos South, Public Health 1. Introduction Babesia is a genius of parasite protozoan which affects several vertebrates, in- cluding humans. Babesiosis is the disease caused by the Babesia parasite, which is most common among dogs, cattle, horses and rodents [1]. How to cite this paper: Oguche, M.O., Barde, I.J., Olabode, M.P., Anjili, W.I., Haruna, V., Apeh, D., Mark, S., Mafulul, J.B. and Wujat, K.S. (2020) Prevalence of Canine Babesiosis in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. Open Access Library Journal, 7: e6401. https://doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1106401 Received: May 7, 2020 Accepted: June 8, 2020 Published: June 11, 2020 Copyright © 2020 by author(s) and Open Access Library Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access
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